Adventures in fact-checking for students

No Billboards In Space

Is this really famous astronomer Carl Sagan holding a sign saying “No Billboards in Space”?

Some background: This picture started circulating after billionaire Elon Musk launched one of his Tesla line of cars into space as a publicity stunt, and seems to indicate that Carl Sagan predicted this problem, at least to a certain extent.

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